Palicoureeae

Palicoureeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 817 species in 11 genera. Its representatives are found in the tropics and subtropics.[1]

Palicoureeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Palicoureeae Robbr. & Manen
Type genus
Palicourea Aubl.

Genera

Currently accepted names[1][2][3][4][5]

• Carapichea Aubl. (23 sp.)
• Chassalia Comm. ex Poir. (114 sp.)
• Chazaliella E.M.A.Petit & Verdc. (20 sp.)
• Geophila D.Don (29 sp.)
• Hymenocoleus Robbr. (12 sp.)
• Margaritopsis C.Wright (27 sp.)
• Notopleura (Hook.f.) Bremek. (100 sp.)
• Palicourea Aubl. (358 sp.)
• Puffia Razafim. & B.Bremer (1 sp.)
• Readea Gillespie (1 sp.)
• Rudgea Salisb. (131 sp.)

Synonyms

• Carinta W.Wight = Geophila
• Ceratites Sol. ex Miers = Rudgea
• Chytropsia Bremek. = Margaritopsis
• Colladonia Spreng. = Palicourea
• Geocardia Standl. = Geophila
• Gloneria André = Rudgea
• Ipecacuanha Raf. = Carapichea
• Margaris Griseb. = Margaritopsis
• Montamans Dwyer = Notopleura
• Nettlera Raf. = Carapichea
• Nonatelia Aubl. = Palicourea
• Oribasia Schreb. = Palicourea
• Pachysanthus C.Presl = Rudgea
• Proscephaleium Korth. = Chassalia
• Rhodostoma Schweidw. = Palicourea
• Stachyococcus Standl. = Carapichea
• Stephanium Schreb. = Palicourea
• Strempelia A.Rich. ex DC. = Rudgea
• Viscoides Jacq. = Notopleura
• Zwaardekronia Korth. = Chassalia

References

1. "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 21 April 2016.
2. Robbrecht E, Manen JF (2006). "The major evolutionary lineages of the coffee family (Rubiaceae, angiosperms). Combined analysis (nDNA and cpDNA) to infer the position of Coptosapelta and Luculia, and supertree construction based on rbcL, rps16, trnL-trnF and atpB-rbcL data. A new classification in two subfamilies, Cinchonoideae and Rubioideae". Systematic Geography of Plants. 76: 85–146.
3. Bremer B (2009). "A review of molecular phylogenetic studies of Rubiaceae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96: 4–26. doi:10.3417/2006197.
4. Bremer B, Eriksson E (2009). "Time tree of Rubiaceae: phylogeny and dating the family, subfamilies, and tribes". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170: 766–793. doi:10.1086/599077.
5. Razafimandimbison SG, Taylor CM, Wikström N, Pailler T, Khodabandeh A, Bremer B (2014). "Phylogeny and generic limits in the sister tribes Psychotrieae and Palicoureeae (Rubiaceae): Evolution of schizocarps in Psychotria and origins of bacterial leaf nodules of the Malagasy species". American Journal of Botany. 101: 1102–1126. doi:10.3732/ajb.1400076. PMID 25049266.